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$The Darlington Jlriis. 1 WednoKaRv^iaT^wel’k th" u^mi w . h< ‘ n I nail thoeottoii Rt-ized for be killed before he would let tbe pee ted there would be trouble; tration when he refused to let ofthe killing, and heard four I stream. _ ^ * \ E r ^ 1. V r \ \ / <«•. , % I*/. «/■I £3C • t I.... I _ • i k» • i t _ .. ? a 1 « 1 l T 1_ 1 — x L . fi m IK 1 f I 11 II T YV II I ■ (111 I IviKI.fllftS I Ti resolutidn of tlmukn to the Hpeaker ^ Orth & Worth. They ty» wuoffered, but, hh the Democrat* | pointed Mr. Kiiins th< ir agent, HENRY T. THOMPSON,- ■ Editor. 2 )ul ^ K'niik Spcakci I Reed for the Hide, iinpartml mid ~= I diKuifled in inner in which he Ira* THURSDAY MARCH 12 preulded,” every one of them v ited a ’ ’ ' I iraiiiHt the eeolution. This i* a very ' ; umiKual proceeding, but In the pre t nt c i*e wan jmt and ri|(ht. EDITORIAL NOTES. Jay (Jould ha* had to pay a tine *230 for negleetinK to do hi* duty juryman. ty lionaire*. while lyindon ha* tiOO. Pari* 300, Berlin -00, Vienna too. Two 1m>j* were run over by a !a*t train at llar.letoii, Pennuylva.'iia, on Sunday, and instantly killed A tire in a stationery eMtabli*hment in Montreal on Sunday caused dam age* Hiiiounting to over $40,000. Tile Legulature of the State ot South Dakota ha* refused to appro priute money for the Stale’* exhdiit nt the World’s Fair Hon. Joshua Hill, who was l.'uitec State* Senator from CJio.gia, dui inp the days < f Reconstruction, died ii Madison, tieorgia, on i-’riiia; . Dr. W. '. Ma 1 thews, ’.. 1,i' ,|.iinI. i n Maieli il of v itc t.v t „.i t , kmiiig her instantly. Their livelitth ehildren were I>re*ent at the time ol i he killing of Tv o students at the Hebrew I'nion a* i College in Cincinnati, Isadora H. Fraucnthal and Krncst Sallinger, en j tered into a compact to commit sui cide. On Wednesday of last week Franentlral *liot himself through the head and Sallinger then took the pis tol and shot himself u the chest Wh n found Franentlral was dead, hut Sallinger was able to speak and he told of tlie agreement. He died soon after. cotton be carried off; 1 had seen a pistol like the one de ceased had at Mrs. Wither spoon's house. • Cross-examined by Mr. E. <>.' Woods (for Parnell): When I told Parnell not to go to the house where the old man was, he didn’t go. M^. Ella Cox {wife of previous and he came to die place re pre sentjng them Withe spoon theatened to kill anybody 1 sent to work in the field; said I might work there myself, hut should not send anyone else. He said he was going to carry the cotton off. I asked him to gin it, and have a proper division of it be- witness): I was at my mother's lay have sdid so at inquest. I me gin the two hales L had gath- s hots m sill, two from pistols , —Rev. J. E, ad heard them threaten my ered. My aunt did not tell me ® n<1 two ^ ro ' T ',, a ian cu at this plac ather's life; had never heard that she had turned the crop ''alio way testified that he ® x ' | la raw congregt ki , i ....... \\’ . xi. .xi. nputv fimumrl tin* hmlv hf*fore ourici!.' t i:. j t:. . Recently Kaiiiiasatra, a governor on the Ihland of Ma«lat;.isear. eant ol Aftica, took ofTenee at a petition of the people to tlie French government to ilefeml them /rom hi* eruelties^and maatuterefi 27h persons, inciudifi^ men, women ami ehildren helon^ins; tt> tin in# familie . '1 he victims w oe out to death in a most horrible imin oer and the Pin vivoiH \v**re compel! *ti io er cl a mouunient compfe’ed of the 'icads of the vicr.ms. It is tii.it tii** tolai appro priations made by the ncent <-on ^resH will ainourit to 000, (K). Hi is ishy far the lar^e.-t sum ever ., , _ _ % , ippropriated by any Congress and (fovernor J)e.vid H. Hill, of tin* worst featim* of all is this «-xtrav i ork. has been invited to deliver tin ; i^ance makes a dclieir in the tie.is- addfess at Hie uiiveilinK: of the iiioim , ,,y and the ree-ipts of tin* govern (iiady, in Atlanta Inn-nt will not near equal the t\ pend tines, and the appropri ttion for i’wo mt-mbers of a f imily | l* !DKion . H ‘l*.''; . a large, measure llm record ment to Henry W during the sumiiu 1 cause of all this. Sueli is of the Republican party. th< THE FIFTY-FIRST COfJGRESS. The fifty-first Congress cair.c : day of the killing, to an end on Wednesday of lust 1 ^ss-exfiriiint'd by Mr ! week and the end came not one j whit too soon, for there is no I telling what trouble and em barrassment the Republican majority would have brought upon the country had Congress continued its session much long- in Kcuti cky (iicd on Friday from p isoning ami another member is «iv ing from tbc same cause. Arsenic was put in tiu-.’r coffee. A train wn* wracked near Havana. Illinois. - and one person was kill en injured The train caught on lire immediately af ter the wreck and burned rapidly. Diedrieh Hiemann, ex State Mena tor from Oconee County and a man well known throughout the State, died at hi* home in Walhalla, on Sat urday, in the 73th year ol hi* age. The heavy rains of the last two v !;; have caused a great rise in the i great rive s of the West, in some i places lire waters overflowed lln-jer. But fortunately the Cofl- banks and caused eonsiderable dam- . , u,,,.. j stution came to the aid of the ('entry Hutler and Hampton Nel- . ant ^ l’ ll t al1 *-‘0(1 by force, non. both colored, have been convict-1 so to speak, to theextravaganee ed of tire recent mu der of Mr. Jona-1 , i , , . . ,. ., than Maxev, a well to do farmer, in and high handed Conduct of tlie Sumter County. They have been i majority. And it is a WOIl ler seiiteneed to be hanged on April ill. ,, , , that the Kei>ul»licans, wlio have A terrib'c tragedy ra-currad at , .. Bathville, Indiana, on Sunday John 80 regard for the sanctity Dieseln-r, a well known liolel keeper, of the Constitution, (lid n it while drunk, shot and killed li s w ifei , . and daughter, wounded the cook and endeavor to continue their work then killed himself by rutting hi* 0 f legislative robbery despite the Constitutional provision tween us. After Rains had been properly empowered by Worth <A Worth he told With erspoon that he had come to take charge of the crop and see that it was properly divided. 1 gave the keys to Rains. With erspoon cursed a good d ail. and had a stick and a knife in his hand. Rains asked that there lie no hard feelings in regard to the matter; said that he acted not by his own will or wish, hut that he would do the same for Witherspoon's mother Unit he was doing for me. The next day \\ i‘he, spoon said to Rains, when tlie latter was leaving my house that “he wanted his old gray hairs, and if he didn’t mind he would get ’em.” Rains offered to do all the work whi di Witherspoon had promised to do on the place and not charge him anything for it; also offered to lend him money to pay for pick ing the cotton. Rains said Witherspoon said In* was going to have the cotton or kill him. There were three shots (ire 1 the and heard her tell defendant not to carry off the-cotton, that she wanted to divide it where it mav had father him threaten them. ! never toldTruett that 1 ha-1 said that it was my gun. and that if he would say so too I would pay him. I'tried to buy tfie gun from Truetf long before that, last spring. Also tried to buy it after the killing hut he would not sell it. Cross-examined by Mr. Woods: Parnell was standing near by at Rushton preach- •rce recently to a .~r . . . . , ,ft., & e congregation. Before he over to Worth & Worth. The ammed the body before burial, ( ] e jjv ere( | j,i s sermon he.distrih- letter addressed to her by Boyd iU J'! found on it only the wound ' ute j a ] ar g 0 number of pack- ' ’ * ’ " t - haA a “ ftth 0mtw ages of cotton seed to the child- & Brown was carried to her by which hail caused death. Quite Parnell. 1 never knew what a number of witnesses were was inside of it. Did not say called who gave evidence as to that I wanted the old man’s* the good character of W ither- blood, and did not say to my spoon and 1 arnell for peaceahk- aunt that I wanted Ids gray uess. Piiere were also was. Defendant said he «• .if.'-f the time of the killing same four take it off. Deceased ahd Mr ,. 1 or five feet; he hit father once Will cox: Defendant didn’t work the crop properly; from 18 to 20 acres were cultivated; about eight bales were made; 1 did not say that l was going to turn defendant off and have him as a hireling. Moses M. Cox testified: De fendant said that if his aunt put Neal had a quarrel there that evening. Both used very had language. R. C. Parnell: I hold the in quest as coronor (Witness here exhibited diagram of the premises, and described the po sition in which he found the body.) Twochamhersof Rains’ pistol were empty at inquest; | t .j.t th one looked as if it had been dis- it my charged some time before, and was a little rusty. Cross-examined: It had been raining in the night, and the pistol was wet. Dr. W. J. (iarner: Held the autopsy. Found externally on the left breast a gun shot wound about 11 inches in size, which extended internally through the upper lobe of the loft lung. The lung was considerably lacerated, there being 25 or .’So sqirrel shot found in it. Jivlin Rains: Am 1!) years old and a son of deceased. Father was 00 years old. The first evening I went there with fath- m e to do so. er, the four defendants were in | could with it. before he was shoi and once af- t irwards; father had a bruise on his head. 1 did not examine the body. F. M. Howard: Saw pistol of deceased at inquest. There was a lump of li st in one of the empty chambers; the other had evidently been freshly shot. 1 Co.i: ed the 1.’ tie l.lsto hairs. I don’t think I struck two licks with the gun. After shot, Uncle Jim struck at me with his pistol. When he tried to cock it for a third fire, 1 closed with him, and a hand to hand struggle ensued, in which my gun was broken either by hitting him or by striking the ground. Uncle Jim fell while striking at me with pistol. 1 told Parnell to knock John down; the latter asked us not to hurt him, and we made no fur ther attempt to do so. f had a num her who gave the same opinion as to the character of the de ceased, though there were some ren of the Sundry' School. He requested them to plant the seed this year and donate the proceeds to the Sunday School. —On last Saturday afternoon, while Mrs. K. L. DuBose and her three small children were who said that he was disposed waiting in their buggy for Mr. to he offensive when .“in his DuBose who was making some eups,” in which Condition he purchases, the mule took fright was shown to be by several and ran away, hut Mrs. DuBose, witnesses on the occasion of the with great presence of mind, killing held the animal firmly and suc- W. C. Mims testified that the ceeded in stepping it before any old man was drinking when he damage was done, went to Howards store that --Your correspondent has lVZ.ll, brought alv * a i' 8 (ecogiiized Uncle Jim as hack with the same loads in it: had not been shot. 1 had to cut off the cartridges to put in tin pistol when I loaded it for him, as they were too long to go in. The State here closed its case. The first witness for the defense was the defendant, Jeff H. Witherspoon, who testified as follows: I was working a share crop with my aunt, Mrs. With erspoon. There were some nine or ten acres planted in cotton, from which eight hales were gathered. I had my own crop to work, and did't want to un dertake hers, but she begged lid the best 1 We were oer- my aunt’s agent, and had no in tention of trying to prevent him from coining in the field to see the cotton put in the oart r but didn't intend to see my rights arbitrarily invaded. The. defendant Rachael Near! was then examined. Bhe- de scribed in- the same previous witnesses the several meetings which preceded the killing. Melissa, my daughter, laughed at Rains and he cursed her. 1 then got mad and turned on him and he cursed me. Wi h- erspoon made us both stop, said we must have no l'iu>s. Rains went off cursing. Rains after- afternoon to get the pistol; that he said he “ was _ going up to Mrs. Witherspoon’s to raise ;” and further, that when John Rains returned to the store after the killing, he had said that his father shot first. been reliably informed that work has been commenced on the Carolina Southern Railroad atCheraw. This road will put us on a direct line North and South and will passthrough one „ , 1T „ , , ,, .T • .. I of the finest farming sections of (i. W . Reynolds, Mrs. Harriett - j] lt} au( j W(J w jjj welcome I - « •-» »< ft «• . I I t * ft-ft *,ftft < \ I o < -v . -»ftfti • ft i ■ it. When it is completed our little village will grow very ' rapidly, for it has the country Skinner and J. E. Skinner also testified that John had said that his father shot first. S. W. Truett said that he manner as drove the old man home from Darlington that evening, and that he was ivimewhat intoxi rated: that he borrowed his (Truett’s) gun. John afterwards told witness, “I said that was my gun and if you'd say it is, I’ll pay you for it.” Charley Lloyd said he had heard Rains sav that Wither- and a sturdy people to hack it. *♦*- -•• • Cne Third Less Cotton. (From the Greenville News.] T h e following resolutions were adopted by the Reedy Fork Alliance, No 31)3, on February 20, 1891: 1st. That we, the members of Reedy Fork Alliance, will plant spoon and Parnell had run him One-third less cotton this year throat. An a^cd couple w»*re murdt red near Tour*, in France, recently, and their house was robbed of everything of value. Their do^s. which were near ly starved, had eaten lar^e portions) of the hixlii's bofora the hoiiie* were|just adjourned was the uiMM.varad. , , , , ... remarkable legislative line Lyman Hyde, an old farmer, and hi* two daughter* weie cro**ing limiting the time of Congress to 12 o’clock on March 4. In every respect the Congress most body a railroad in a vehicle near Lima, | States. Ohio, on Friday, a train ran into the vehielr, killing the man and one ol Ids daughters and fatally wounding the other daughter. The lawless and high handed acts of Reed, we trust, will never he repeated. The ,, r, , i . . | extravagance in using the pub- Campbell, colored, were tried a lew i lie moneys was almost criminal. mi',nn K ‘i Su,, } t ‘‘ r f 'T ,h V " ,,, ? ler of i It ' 8 estimated that the appro- 1 i iinus Jones, also colored, and were . . 1 * acquitted. Jones <hi ing the frenz.y priations made by Congress will of a reiigious reviva! .hopped dead on ! amount to $1,000,000,000; and a the Moor and these two men were ue-j ’ ’ ’ “ eused of murdering him. ; great part of this was for pen- Jame* Hives, a pronqneid lawyer of sions and public huil.lin otamlinstantly)tax is taken from the Macon, Mississippi, *h, killed, in that city on Wednesday of last week, William Ford, of Hoone- ville in the same Mtate. Hives was pressing a ease against Ford and a <|Uarrel ensutd with the result staled. The r ty of Augusta is visile ! by unother freshet and a targe portion ol I he • city i* under water. Hotels, store* and house* aio inundated. Hundred* of people Irax’e had to de sert their houses for safer quarters and merehanf* in the inundated sec tion are removing their goods toother portion* of the city. The mystery about Congr. ssman Jeny Mimpson, of Kansas, “tlie man w ho does not wear socks,” Iras been solved. He does not wear socks but a comldimtion *tocking-net drawers and socks. In other words he we. r.tights. The discovery was made by tne p >rt er o. a Pullman ear. Due ol he largest pensions of recent vears ha* been granted to Dr Man iuittan Pickett, of L’orry, Pennsylva nia. who was a member of the 12th New York volunteers. Ever since the war he has been a sufferer from bull t wounds, and will probably have to|commend for their suffer flic amputation of a leg. Wy the granting of un increased pension rating he receives ifie.ooo ban k pay fifty-first Congress "" llt will he found to exist On Saturday night the heaviest snow storm of the winter fell in the Northwest. Twelve inches of snow le I in Mime places ai. l tlie snow drift* were twenty feet deep. Trains in dial section are delayed, wagon ro .(Is ar>- fuse to thilllk abandoned and street ear travel ii the cities is almost impossible. Con sideiable damage Iras been done t. fruit trees. there would he trouble. Witness went over on Tuesday before killing to see if he couldn't fix up the difference between tlie parties. Saw defendant, who said he was going to carry cot ton to his house. Witness begged him not to, and t. )ld • him that Rains didn't want him to. Wit ness went over again on Thurs day to try to make pence be tween the parties. Defendant said he would carry the cotton off, kill or he killed. Witness tried to show him the papers conferring authority upon Rains ver imposed upon these United as agent, but he said he didn't want to see them. On Thursday defendant finally agreed to p;:t the cotton in the house on the place Rains was there that evening. He, said that Lee Par nell had better not come where lie was: that the latter had gone hack on him in the arbitration coneerning'this matter, and had tried to make him out a liar. ! told Parnell what had been said, and warned him that he had better stay away from where Rains was, or there would he trouble. Parnell went on with the basket of cotton in his hand, and with Mrs. Rachael Neal behind him. I begged him for God's sake not to go up to the house, or there would he trouble. He put the basketdowir. With erspoon came up, tried to get him to go on. At the cotton house the old woman and^ltains got in a quarrel. The latter said, “You tried to run over me yesterday evening on my own half acre, but you won't do it this evening.” He then cursed both of the women a great deal. Witherspoon told me that the evening before when they wore in the field picking cotton an 1 Rains was there, Melissa Neal said that if he (Witherspooon) i would bring the cart up to the lane that she would put in it all she had picked; that she wasn't afraid; Ruins turned on the girl and asked her what she had to do with it, and the old woman made after Rains with a knif e "hen he (Witherspoon) stopped h t. I we it back again o i Monday to try to settle the diffi culty, knowing’tliat if I did .not , ,, . . . somebody would he hurt. Tin’’ able, impartial and dignified tw in my aunty s field, and came to I feetly friendly till some time in the house with cotton. I he June when siie said th** eri-Tco women laughed, and father sY,I was ’ rmm j»g away with th they need a t he laughing, that ci.ij,, and wanted me to give ii thr\ eouId not ran over him as | qj, She abused me right smart, they had done the evening h ■- The fijst evening Uncle Jim fore. Old Rachael cursed nun, I (K ; iins) came there, he cursed ami started at him with a knife. abused me severely. 1 told ^ 1 picked up a brick, and father pjni I had no objections to anv off cotton to his house and wit-| grabbed a paling from the fence. i K „| v ( . ()m im.- there to s-e tie- n ss told him if he didn t jttop , Rachael said she was going toL r0 p .Hvided, and that he could I cut his throat. Father | come there whenever he wanted told t ox to tell Parnell not to p,, \[ v cunt mid I had agreed [ come up there, that he had no | to arbitrate our differences, and business there. Parnell didn’t i ] tried the best I could to carrv • wards walked up and down curs- _ ing, saying that he was going off the place; that he was going) and raise more supplies, to kill Lee. When ho curse.! hack there, and would kill them ; 2d. That we petition our State both if they did not leave. president to recommend the anybody to work in the field except herself, he« would kill them. Defendant was carrying come. L went there again the The cabin of the poor man to support mendi cants who claim to have fought for the Union and to erect pal- atial buildings for the favored otf'ieials of the government. The surplus, poor thing, it is gone!; In fact there is a deficit in the treasury and it is reported that “the Administration will take advantage of every technicality in the carelessly constructed laws to curtail the expenditures and thus save about 815,000,000 of the people’s money”. And to this pass have we come. To those inclined to put the blame of hard times on the ad ministration of home affairs for the past fourteen years, we careful con sideration the record of the The trouble in the Republican administration of , , _ !,(i , out t evening of the killing. Father tors, came to Darlington that day, ahd got hack home about four o’clock. We got to Mrs. With erspoon's about half an hour be fore sun-down. (Witness iden tified gun which he had carried to scene of killing.) Gun be longed to Sam Truett. Father had a pistol which I think he bought from my aunt, Mrs. WitherspAon. On the way there, we got another pistol at Howard's store. I put that pistol in my vest pocket. Father had his buckled around him. After we got to aunty's, Withetspoon hollered, and Parnell came up with the cart. Father and 1 walked up to the house. Father had gone there to see the cotton put in tlie house. Parnell was standing at the end of the cart with a sweet-gum stick in his hand, somewhat smaller than my wrist; it was about three feet long and freshly cut. the decision of the arbitra Cox came and asked ii'..- not to carry the cotton off’, but I couldn't gather the crop on credit. There was a lien on what I had at home, and there was no way 1 could raise money to pay the pickers. The week before the killing my brother to me and tol.' the girl, and he and 1 began to quarrel, he diew his pistol on me. L took a warrant out for him, hut the -warrant was not served, and when L went into the field on Monday I carried a gun with which to protect my self; did the same thing on Tuesday. I didn’t carry it there for Witherspoon, but for myself. 1 didn't mean to hot her any body if they didn’t bother me. At the tipie of killing I saw Bains and his son first as they got n -ar Parnell. Rains looked as if he was trying to get out his pistol, t^e and his son both shot before Witherspoon. The horse ran away, and I turned to look after it. When 1 turned round again to where they were I saw the gun tty to pieces, as if Wither spoon knocked at the old man G. W. Atkinson heard de ceased* make threats against life of Witherspoon, and he (Atkinson) had told Wither spoon’s brother to give him warning. R. D. Witherspoon above resolution to every Alli ance to the State. 3.1, That we petition the Hon. M. L. Donaldson, member of the national cotton committee from this State, to confer with and T. F. Wilson also testified i other members of said cotton as to threats made against, committee and that committee Witherspoon by deceased. Sev-1 request and urge all Alliance eral witnesses were then put up men in the cotton Statest-oplant to prove that Robert Rogers one-third less cotton this year had told them that-he heard only three shots fired. The Judge continued the ses sion of the Court until all the testimony was in, about ten o'clock on Wednesday night. and more food crops. 4th. That farmers can not afford to raise cotton at the present price and buy their pro visions. 5th. That a copy of these res and sister came .... m’c that Uncle Jim had threat- ’John Rains Knocked at ‘ Dump,’ ened my life: that he said h • '(ml the latter knocked or pushed Counsel addressed the jury on elutions be sent to our Slat, th.) following day. Messrs. C. president,and to the Hon. M. L. A. Woods, P. A. Wiilcox and Donaldson, and that all news- E. (). Woods for the defence, papers, friendly to the cause of and Mr. J. M. Johnson for the 1 agriculture in the South, he re- prosecution. All of the argu- quested to publish the forgoing was ; the ;oing over there and kill I ^ ieman > ant I I** 111 n °t ' • _ to push on him. Witherspoon turned on John; begged him not to (Witness then described the two visits of Rains the week before the killing, and his quarrel with the two women, in substantial ly the same way ns already de scribed by John Rains, except that he said that on the occa sion of the second visit Rains j drew a pistol on R vh i d.) Cox ! wouldn't let Parnell come up to where Uncle Jim was. (Wit ness here deserib d tlie various efforts of ■' ok to settle tlie diffi- cultv.) 1 finally agre ‘.l with Dump (A ithers| oon) and the i() ox that I would go down to + \x* /’vrvx ft nft fti*.i,.,ft ft'vft «,ftl.l ~ .. . . . two women were in the field near the cotton. Which was ly ing on n sheet. There was a fence between them and the cart, which was in a lane be- Darlington with him on Tiles day. lie afterwards said my aunt was sick and could not go down until Wednesday. I told . , .him it was impossible for me to tween that field and Robert j wait any longer, as I h id al- Roirei's held directly opposite. rea( ] v ] ()S t more time than 1 rathei told 1 arnell to carry the could afford to lose. I told him cotton to lira house, hut he ; t ) mt ] u - as ,. ()in r to ..p.i- the ( .ot- -aid he wouldn t. “Dump” rani ton. and I went ahead a* it. Cox out and said, “I knock him!", I sai( i Uncle Jim would kill me if and then said, ‘ I’m going to j carried.tlie cotton off. I and Witherspoon told him to put down his gun, which he did. I told “Dump” to take the gun. but he said he had done all he could, and that he would not have had it happen for ten thousand dollars. He had blood on his shoulder. Parnell did nothing: when John was*knock ing at "Dump,” he said “John, don’t kill him!” Cross-examined by Mr. E. O. Woods: Parnell was standing in the path. He took no ~pavt in the affair; struck nobody; had no stick and was not in striking distance. Cross-examined by Mr. John son: 1 was between the cotton sheets and the lane when “Dump” raised Isis gun. He seemed slow about raising it. Heard Witherspoon sav, “Don’t run on Lee Parnell.” Don't rnents were fine, and were lis tened to by a large audience, j The Solicitor asked the jury to j the latter j hnd the girl Melissa Neal not hurt him.! guilty, as there was no evidence j to convict her. The jury were absent a little over an hour, and ' returned with a verdict of not guilty as to all of tlie defend ants. -«• One glass jar egg custard and 3 glass dishes for 50c. Try it; Wyst & Honour. . •»- . SWIFT CREEK. —A t least ten per cent more guano will he used this year than last. —Farmers are badly behind with their work on account of two months ruin. —Messrs R. L. Bass and G. W. M. Tnvaille have been very' sick with the grip. —We notice that the fisher men are mending their nets for re plied that 1 would die trying t“ get my cotton. That evening Uncle Jim and his son John came to my aunt's in a buggy. The latter had a gun. They got out at the house, and Uncle Jim , ,.ft, . , ,came towards the field. John Ht .x ,. A J ,OU , t l 1 "; tlm “ th:,t called him hack three tim >s af- ' Dump fired, father's pistol ter ] K . h;l ,i started, and he wen’ red. After father waahit, he |> :u .k, hut the third time he turned and walked over about ( . urSi>( ] h im and told him two cotton rows m Rogers held. I* ...a i,;. I tired because he was shoot in'- shoot you!” Father had his hand on his pistol when shot. Father's pistol fired on the ground at his feet, and I fired the gun at ‘ Dump.” Par- j nell stepped hack and struck father on the head with the I van JLJ A/ A ell 11' I 1, I /UII l • 1 ,1 1 • know whether I sworeat inquest a ra,d 011 the h ‘‘ rnn >? s - that Witherspoon broke gun, —On Sunday we had a heavy national affairs. The Democrats did well to re- Reed “for the Hu ml rails of negroes from tlie Soiilli-woiste:n States Have be. n fool ed by shiupers into einiicraihin to Oklahoma. The '’hul l of promise' I del u rad to them Is all a myth aim the negroes find themvelv manner in which he has pre sided.” The man who under takes to trample under foot tlie people’s rights should never re ceive a vote of thanks from the Iv.s in that Democrats, the representatives istressed eon- i / , , , (titio:i, siillei ing for total, clothes and H’*’ P<D’ty of the people money. mnt — m 1 1 - ——— -—-- The olllcer* and director* of'tin New York. New Haven and H Irtf'>ri Ihulroad have been In 1 I mspon ble for the lives lost in tin- recent aici dent on that railroad in a tunnel in New York t (ty. Cham, ey Ji. Di li. w. the president of th. the great railroad hou.i to the Min. pear lor t; ial Geo F- Work. J iiu.-s 8. Dungan , The Trial o’ JefT H. Witherspoon. When we went to press last week, the trial of Jeff H. With- jerspoon, Lee Parnell, Bachael [Neal and Melissa Neal for the ro.d and killing of James G. Reins on 2 !’ just be » un ' ap Mrs u. E. Witherspoon, on whose land the tragedy was en- an.l Louis i.. I'f.-IT. r. three Philadel" aCt ? d ’. WaS | lu! <i . r : st witness ex- I J*a i.ii«i<*i* v 1 o hwaui|M*d tin ana U‘stifu*<l as follows: 1 nnk .1 .'left >i.and the American I reside about 18 milesfrom here i I C lis mau.-e I .miainy of tlrat Ci!> J The defendant, J. il. Witlu-r- ■vo women came in the field af ter Pgot there. Melissa with the jgun on her shoulder. I begged | Witherspoon not to take the 'cotton off. He said, “You see that gun there; Rachael says that Rains betternot come round here raising any fuss, or she will be in it." I left and wont to see Rains I then enme b:i'-k. and finally succeeded in p suading Witherspoon to go to Darlington with me next dav (Tuesday) to see lawyers, and settle the matter. The ne.v diy Mrs. Witherspoon was sick j and could not go to Darlington I asked “Dump” i Witherspoon to go on Wednesday, but ha re fused, say ing that he meant to carry off the cutton that da’ at my father; didn't take goo-1 aim, as I didn't know he was going to shoot; thought he was only trying to scare father. “Dump" tli n broke the gun barrel over father; struck him on the shoulder. I tried to shoot again, hut the cap snapped. “Dump” and Parnell both hit me. one with th-> gun, and the other with the stick. The two women were at th® fence. Ra chael said. “—» you, I'm light here!” I walked* toward: to at- own inisi nose,. I raised up and hollere 1 for Lo#Parnell, who had agreed to take the cotton up to the house for rn ■ that evening, and who was "late. Lee came up with the cart. The cotton was on two sheets some twenty steps from the lane. Melissa and I tied up one of the sheefs and walked to the other; gun was lying on the corner of the second sheet, and I picked it up to get it out of the way. As I did so, I saw Uncle Jim and over Rains’ head. Heard Par nell say, “John, standoff, and don't double team Dump!” Witherspoon hit Rains with the gun barrel once. Didn't say at inquest that Parnell h id stick. Saw him with a switch or a cotton stalk. I didn’t draw knife on Rains at cotton house. I curs.-d him »when he cursed me. Melissa loadecl the gun ad my house. Cross-examined by Mr. Will- ram. accompanied by • a very' high wind which blew down trees and fences. A dark and angry looking cloud passed over, which put all who possessed them into their cyclone pits —There was a great revival in the Swift Creek Alliance on the 28th. of February. Some of lin S 8 -" etc.—Brooklyn Life, the brethren concluded to have! solutions. W. A. Pepper, President. P. F. Cox, Secretary protein. — Great Men Ab Tlojs. Every one knows how, when Sir Wal ter Scott was a boy, the future novelist was lost .luring a thunderstorm, and found by the alarmed searchers lying on his back on the hillside looking at the lightning, clapping his hands at each Hash and exclaiming, “Bonnie! bonnie!” But a story of tho same kind, with Schiller, the German poet, as the hero, is not so well known. One day. while a very small boy. a severe thunderstorm | came on: the lx>y was missed and conl-t nowhere be found. The whole honse- - hold searched for him, but it was hot until the storm waa past that he was seen descending from the top of a high lime tree near tlie house. To the in quiries of his father as to his motives he . replied: “1 only wished to see where all the ' fire came from.”—New York Ledger. A Mim, Kormoii. Y onng Master X is an observant youth of 5. He returned from church, and was sent up stairs that his maid mip>M remove his lordship's top coat. The fol lowing conversation ensned. which I dedicate rOftSpectfully to a certain well, known clergyman: Maid—Were you a good little boy in church today? Y'oung Master X—Oh, yee. Mamma said I was very still today. Maid—Did you have a fine sermon to day? Young Master X—I guess we did. It sounded lik* a very fine one, indeed! Out of the mouth of babes and suck- an oyster and fish su per. a grand time we did have. And cox: I carried gun* to protect I pa 7 hased five gallon8ofo >' sters myself. Rains had sworn to '' n< Girin Who Ride and Pay. Thompsonville girls stand a good deal VY e of chaffing because they go on sleighing the sworn law did not kill me, an. protect me. ■Melissa Neal testified describ ing all the details before and at the time of the killiiiy- exactly as her mother had done, xvitli a few exceptions. Old man Rains six large shad and had them sefved in fine style. The at tendance was the largest we have had in two Y'ears. Out- honored old chaplain made a speech that would have enthus ed the most indifferent member and induced him to attend the meetings. Our lecturer also drew pistol saying he had come gave us one of his best speech- to kill and was going to do it. | e s. H , ,, , big son coming. I went toward "iv fa her and s.-t-d “He’s kill the car< - where Le ■ Parn e.i. ilump said he wouMn”. hive had it happui for tc-i hotisan.I dollars. i hero were only three shots fire.l in all, on ■ pistol and two guns. The little pistol which 1 had* in my vest pocket was not tired at all. I carried it hack and put it under the counter at Howard’s store I called to my father, hut he did re Lie - i arn -ll was; they were eroing in t!i > so ne direction. When 1 got to with in ten or fifteen steps of the cart Uncle..! im fired at ParneH. 1 begged him not to fire at Le > He said he had come to kill and fired again. I hogged him to quit shooting. John then fire.l 1 and I fired. Some one hit me CYPRESS. —The grip is'not so common as it has been and those who had it are about well. kill or he killed. On tin !.!..■ b..;; M-'meT,:;:: 1 s .i )oon '. is J n - v *»*ter'*son. The rail. III. Illl> u ing their money. -Slat. | cult, ntiarx forL-ur, veais i> -pc lively. Mrs. Sal i - Daw u man who killed tier iwo 1’i. keic County, l ist week, has been lak.-o to the Asylum. Ou her wav to ( cluuibia she jumped, out of tli. e.,r window, near Newberry a 1^BWpS£—. ho and w-.'is recaptured soon after. A cry i teresting election for mem ber* of the Canadian parliament was h. Id on March 4. The main is*ue in t . election was closer t . niun-raial relation* with the Chile I Mates by lueaiis of Mr liiaiuc’s re iprOcity scheme. Th; Liberal- aie in favor < f Un . I s.-r anion and the (.’onsei- varivesara opposed to it. The re turns so iar g.ve the Conservatives in. ,oners and Liberals ill, with l.venty lire districts to luar from ( onsidcriiigthe fact that the Conutfr- v -tives bad a h r.ft-e umjoritv hi the la t pirlia ueut, the g,ip for those favoring closer union Is very great. three and two ( * ea8e( I> Ruins, also married my I sister. My nephew and myself the o.-azv wo £° rked a 8har « crop last year, children i,. I he understanding was that I . i , , otl the shoulder, and 1 had a not answer, and I saw he waa scratch on my chin and cheek. 1 ‘/I 1 ' • , . 1 struck at some one and broke about tlv .11 h. ftva,.» I H fttorZ giJKSbS! iZXrTKSko SS e u„ thir i nlood. Lo - father drank some whiskey out i,;... n,., K day hefor- Thurs ie ha was to funiish the land, the erspoon s wife. The two women are no kin to them. Witnefts r j necessary stm-k andiim )Z which he fimipl Z t" | 8a '"‘-’. together with half of the cease,] afL-r the sI, IohL . , while the train wn* going a a rapi ., gumio to he used, while my identified the nistol f , i'.V . <U " rate. She was not hurt, however, nephew was to furnish the other if i ,i . f'und iiea! 1 (s*of the . all.!!, i.'','«» ja'w;u' K & s. b sr ss shouldn t carry off the cotton. ' ’ Father didn't shoot first. May have told John Reynolds that evening just after the killing that he di.l) hut 1 was very much excited and didn't know what I o all thet T “(T w... y I**., was doing hardly. If I (.>1.1 him Worth i im™ . e ”u w . er ^ ‘> f father shot twice. 1 don’t re member it. Don’t know wheth er I told Mrs. Harriet S Mr. Will- that father shot first I About June I,* 1 had a coatrover lat^h^iton hon^Tia hat <h ' V I that 1 T irri " 1 th< ' sy with W.thersnoon as I did KtrS^ Jro md ^ ‘M^’^ggy to kill Witherspoon not think he was cultivating the cursed .V to shoot snapped, shoot any again, but his gnu Lee told John not to : and then fired. In the struggle which followed Witherspoon was down as ii on his right hand and right knee, and old ( man Rains and John were over him as if knocking at him. II „ ^ had loaded the gun to shoot at , . r ’ DuBose killed , some hogs that were bothering ''vo pigs recently and the two ns Ma told me to take it to pipped the scales at 2«0 pounds, the field. ^ ho can heat this? Gross-examined by Mr. John-j “yDr. J. M. Josey speaks of son: 1 he two had ''Dump''’ down going to Charleston soon to buy knocking at him about a minute.! a P a i r horses. There must The old man was heating ,K! money in tho practice of “Dump” after he was shot 1 medicine, got over the fence into .the lane -Our farmers are busy pre- ahout the tune the trouble was l)ar i ng to , )lant their crons mer. John beat “Dump’ over-Some speak of planting corn the head and shoulders w th the. ihG w.*eb ir 11 ,i„ rVii . K„„ »„.| ,l,« olil mat, was U-at- ’ Ki^well^ , * M " e ing him with the pistol. * The defendant Lee Parnell —Columbia's new paper, the then related the story of the looks as bright as a new parties all by themselves and leave tho young men out. They retort that they can go and have a good time, and pay the bills, too, without asking any help from the boys. They are not the sleigh ing jiart.es that go hooting and howling through the streets, waking folks up after midnight, either. - Springfield (Mass.) Homestead. shoot any more. I started at killiug in sdbstantially the same dollar. It is a news' the latter, but he. begged me not language as recited by the oth- sheet aud is receiving a good work . out the place. Wort , which look-d as if it I,*1 "been & \\o th. of Wilmington, ad- [fired some time before 11 ien It ,1 v n ra T ^ Cross-ex imiued bv a hen on my portion of the crop.; C o X; R aills w;lH him. He with. I‘at her didn't curse them crop as he should have .'lone. IT had / that 1 shot first and to hurt him: said he had nothing er leading to do with it. ... ■Cross-examined by .Mr. E O. Woo ls: Parnell was standing to the hack of the cart, to the right c 't |! V; r | of deceased. He struck no one; didu t had uo stick as far as I saw. By the terms of tho arbitration, Parnell was to do all tlie weigh :;ited by the oth- witn‘sses. Rains tried to catch hold of my left arm, feeling for his pistol" with his right h md. Both the old man and his son fired before Witherspoon shot. They all came together “Dump” said, “Don't let tho whole fix come on me,” and I stepped towards mg. and he was on the placefor John, when he leveled his g in that purpose. * at me, and threatened to blow Cross examined by Mr. John- my brains out. I had a switch son: Was aiming to haul the' in my hand. (Switch produced cotton off or die trying. Didn’t and identified by witness.) receiving a good patronage at this place. —The recent cold spell, we are afraid, killed the early fruit and vegetables, but our mer chants can supply the demand thus occasioned for seed. —Mr. S. W. P. DuBose's-five- year-old boy was badly burned a few days ago, while standing in front of a fire. It is "hoped that he is now out of danger. —Lyncho's River is very high ' ' continues to rise. The - say ttiat I would haul it off, kill U 'Robert 'Rogens,'colored' and' heavy rain"^the T'f -1 eKft^wt 1 - _ i !i. a0 “’ . t ,' i8 ft tiHetl ^ they'lived this State and North^ffl ^ ex ' i through the terms of the ar hi- i a short distance from the scene North Carolina may cause a freshet in thisi In Doubt. Quin was once at a small dinner party. The master of the house, pushing a de- licioos pudding toward gain, begged him to taste it. A gentleman had just before heljied himself to an immense piece of it. “Fray,” said Quin, looking first at the gentlonran's plate and then at the dish, ■‘which is the pudding?”— San Francisco ArgonanL -Yn alarm for telling when a ship reaches a jirodetermined depth of water is being tried aboard her majesty's ship Rambler in tho Rod sea. it consists of a wire sounding apparatus having a sinker, which, on coining in contact with the 1 >ottom. relieves the drum on board shin and sounds a lie 11 Bids Invited. The County Commissioners of Flor ence amt Darlington Counties will meet at Muses Bridge on Black Creek, on Wednesday the 23th in t., to let to the lowest bidder the eonfraet to re build tlie said bridge. Plan and spec incations will be made at the bridge on that day. " HENRY E P. SANDERS. Mar 12-2t Clerk of Darlington Board. County Equalization Board. Ofkick c k County Auiutor, ) Darlington, S. C , March 11, 1891. ( I he second and last meeting of the u. , y Kquulization Board wit be oeld on 1 uesday, Ma»eh 24th, 18HI, at the County Auditor's ..nice, Darling- ■on, 8. C" to hear and adjust ail grievances as to assessments of alt personal property of tho countv for Mie fiscal year 1890 t. All taxpayers ire hereby notified that all claims for reduction or any grievance pert airing o the assessed value of their property must be made at the nliove meeting or else their red.ess will he through the Com j.troller General's office «y order. « .. W ' H LAWRENCE, Mar. 12-2t Clerk of Board.-